Table 2. Effects of microencapsulated mixture of organic acids (MOA) supplementation on growth performance in weaning pigs

Items	HP	LP	MOA1	MOA2	SE	p-value
Body weight (kg)
Initial	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	0.1	0.977
2 wk	9.5	9.2	9.3	9.6	0.2	0.092
Final	15.5^a	14.6^b	15.0^ab	15.6^a	0.2	0.014
Week 0–2
ADG (g)	191.9^a	170.4^b	176.9^b	200.4^a	6.8	0.005
ADFI (g)	283.3	268.8	282.1	283.7	8.2	0.412
G/F	0.671	0.636	0.657	0.713	0.029	0.156
Diarrhea score	1.561^b	1.606^b	1.823^a	1.784^a	0.064	0.008
Week 2–4
ADG (g)	426.5	383.1	410.1	425.6	13.6	0.099
ADFI (g)	720.1	704.7	713.7	700.5	27.2	0.241
G/F	0.592^a	0.569^b	0.587^b	0.609^a	0.022	0.006
Diarrhea score	1.594^b	1.615^b	1.702^ab	1.809^a	0.047	0.012
Week 0–4
ADG (g)	310.7^ab	276.9^b	293.3^ab	314.3^a	7.2	0.003
ADFI (g)	501.7	486.8	497.9	469.6	14.2	0.331
G/F	0.619^a	0.578^b	0.594^ab	0.633^a	0.013	0.001
Diarrhea score	1.582^b	1.611^b	1.787^a	1.816^a	0.048	0.003

Means in the same row with different letters differ (p < 0.05).
HP, high protein diet; LP, low protein diet; MOA1, LP + 0.2% microencapsulated mixture of organic acid; MOA2, LP + 0.3% microencapsulated mixture of organic acid; ADG, average daily gain; ADFI, average daily feed intake; G/F, feed efficiency; Diarrhea score, 0–3 score (diarrhea-fresh fecal).